Photo: BIRN A new round of training sessions on investigative journalism basics was held in Strumica, North Macedonia, with a focus on writing and storytelling. The course titled “Weaving a Story” began with the young journalists’ reflections on the stories they’d worked on over the last two months with their BIRN Macedonia mentors. They presented how their stories advanced and discussed their experiences in contacting sources, communication with state and local institutions, data selection, as well as difficulties encountered while working on the stories. The day continued with sessions on ..read more

Photo: BIRN Kosovo This interactive meeting gathered 13 residents of the village Gorazdevac near the municipality of Peja, out of which 6 were women. The participants shared their experiences of living in a rural part of Kosovo, by emphasizing the lack of essential living conditions such as a good sanitation system, electricity, and the lack of public institutions including kindergartens and youth centers where their residents conduct activities. Overall, the meeting shed light on a load of problems and poor public services in this area. More specifically, Visar Prebreza, editor-in-chief at ..read more

Photo: BIRN BiH A conference titled “Role of Transitional Justice in Bosnia’s European Path”, organised by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH, with support of the Belgian embassy, on April 4, put a focus on one of the five key priorities of the European Union, which advocates promoting an environment conducive to reconciliation and overcoming the legacies of the war. Denis Dzidic, executive director of BIRN BiH, said the fifth priority of the EU should be additionally defined, especially in light of widespread hate speech, revisionism and denial of ..read more

Photo: BIRN Kosovo More specifically, the training focused on the critical issue of reporting on missing persons, encompassing aspects from individual cases to court proceedings, social, political and legal contexts, forensics and medical expert analysis and the challenges faced by affected families. The technical expertise of journalists lies in their ability to research, document, and communicate stories effectively. The training module was delivered by BIRN’s regional and local team of award-winning journalists and editors, who have extensive experience in investigating, reporting on, and ..read more

Photo: BIRN Kosovo The training consisted of four interactive sessions that were designed to address various questions related to oral history methodologies, with a particular focus on the technical aspects such as arranging the interviews and the interviewers, locations, logistics, filming, sounds, lighting, and editing. In the initial session, attendees were given insights into the technical aspects of recording oral history interviews such as frame selection, lighting, and recording techniques. In the second session, the participants learned more about how to conduct interviews using the ..read more

Photo: BIRN Kosovo The workshop began with a discussion about the participants’ role that they have in the referral mechanism in the South Mitrovica municipality. The workshop examined the principles of strategic communication, covering a wide range of topics including the functioning of the media and other outlets that are critical to strategic communication. Ten people took part in the workshop, of whom four were women. The workshop’s trainer, Kreshnik Gashi, managing editor of Kallxo.com, presented the principles of strategic communication. The discussion that followed centered on the pra ..read more

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Her main responsibilities include providing support for financial and administrative tasks and duties for finance, operations and programme department. She graduated at the University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Economics. Indira has over 15 years of experience in NGOs and media. The post Indira Cular appeared first on BIRN ..read more

Photo: BIRN Kosovo/Naser Fejza Before joining BIRN in 2014, he worked in various NGOs and media outlets, including the daily newspaper Koha Ditore, where he served as Vushtrri correspondent, and at Kosova Channel in Mitrovica. Although he has a degree in law, he decided to work as a journalist. Let’s find out why and let’s meet him! You graduated in law but work as a journalist. What made you decide to pursue that career? I started in journalism working as a court monitor and journalist/ correspondent from Mitrovica. Before journalism, I was part of civil society, mainly engaged with youth ..read more

Photo: BIRN As part of the Western Balkans Media for Change project a Learning Circle titled “Building Foundations for Engaging Citizens in Reporting” for media outlets from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro was organized. Over the course of March 21 and 22, 18 journalists strengthened their understanding of community dynamics, engaging journalism principles, and the development of investigative stories based on community involvement. On the first day, journalists received insights into editorial strategies and audience involvement best practices from facilitators such a ..read more